Sujet

Study for "Louise Vernet on Her Death Bed", c1845. Creator: Paul Delaroche.

Légende

Study for "Louise Vernet on Her Death Bed", c1845. Paul Delaroche created a convincing and transcendent image of his dead wife in "Louise Vernet on her Death Bed." Louise lays blissfully in profile, as both her mouth and right eye remain slightly open. Her elevated head rests on two pillows, as locks of her hair fall vertically to her shoulder and drape diagonally across her bosom. Delaroche carefully defined each curl, delineating individual hairs and shimmering highlights, in Louise's palpable coiffure. Her pale skin and her lifeless body indicate that she is deceased. Rather than present the sordid details of death by fever, Delaroche conveyed Christian triumph over death, as a halo emerges from the dark background to encircle his wife's beautiful head. This drawing is an angelic effigy.

Date

01 janv. 0001

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23B22_094

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

59,9Mo (3,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 35,7cm / 4960 x 4222 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe portrait women woman people head arts country French France art skin continent museum peaceful European lying color profile death hair location century long hair concept angelic PALE B&W head and shoulders lying down long haired Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century deathbed portrait young women young woman Paul Delaroche Hippolyte Delaroche Paul Hippolyte Delaroche Louise Delaroche Paul Delaroche Hippolyte Walters Art Museum Heritage Art Hippolyte Paul Delaroche Delaroche Hippolyte Paul Vernet 19th-century Delaroche Paul Hippolyte graphite on slightly textured moderately thick cream wove paper with watermark Louise Vernet Mrs Paul Delaroche